Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2020-09-04

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Sep 4
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
354 head
▼ 771 vs last sale 1,125▲ 63 vs year ago 291 · +21.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
255 head
▲ 100 vs last sale 155▲ 55 vs year ago 200 · +27.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a very light offering of feeder cattle this week were not well tested, selling in small groups and singles. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm on a good offering. Special feeder cattle sale nest week Sept. 11.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.02/cwt on 84 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −111.46 against this barn's trailing median of $248.48.
Average price
$137.02
84 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$696
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$90
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$11.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.05
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2512138.7871071
Medium and Large 2487127.3862013thin
One grade step is worth $11.40/cwt here — about $90 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale84 hd
137.02
—
MO average15 barns · 6,474 hd
136.97
+0.05
This barn, trailing median13 sales
248.48
−111.46
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

13 sales
277253228204median 248.4803/2005/0806/0507/3110/30
Heifers 0–100 lb: high $262.69, low $218.12, median $248.48 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,63289.731,46419
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52465.761,00220
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25863.0079334
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05555.6558740
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,20299.691,1985thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,297103.001,3365thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,29598.951,28121
SteersSelectAverage1,17690.941,06913

Every lot

45 lots · USDA AMS · Eastern MO Commission Company - Bowling Green, MO
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2358141.00/cwt141.00–141.005053
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2408181.20/cwt180.00–182.007395
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480161.94/cwt161.50–163.007779
Steers—Medium 2512135.50/cwt135.50–135.506944
Steers—Medium and Large 2514151.50/cwt151.50–151.507794
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned540141.00/cwt141.00–141.007613
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned594143.50/cwt143.50–143.508525
Steers—Medium and Large 2616132.70/cwt129.00–136.508176
Steers—Medium and Large 2652138.25/cwt138.25–138.259016
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy720125.00/cwt125.00–125.009004
Steers—Medium and Large 2750130.00/cwt130.00–130.009755
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2343134.00/cwt134.00–134.004603
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373154.00/cwt154.00–154.005743
Heifers—Medium and Large 2384132.00/cwt132.00–132.005074
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2427152.99/cwt144.50–156.0065316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned432138.44/cwt135.00–141.0059812
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned495122.00/cwt122.00–122.006043
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned508130.93/cwt130.50–132.0066511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525137.82/cwt136.00–141.5072412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2554137.00/cwt137.00–137.007595
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2661125.50/cwt125.50–125.508307
Heifers—Medium and Large 2760120.00/cwt120.00–120.009123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2784125.00/cwt125.00–125.009805
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2382187.42/cwt185.00–191.007165
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2494156.50/cwt156.50–156.507736
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2633131.74/cwt130.50–133.508347
Bulls—Medium and Large 2728113.00/cwt113.00–113.008234
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 353277.00/cwt77.00–77.004105
Dairy Steers—Large 374180.00/cwt80.00–80.005937
Slaughter Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,14084.00/cwt84.00–84.009584
Steers—Select1,19294.02/cwt92.00–96.501,1219
Steers—Select and Choice1,29598.95/cwt97.50–101.251,28121
Steers—Choice1,297103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,3365
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,20299.69/cwt99.50–100.001,1985
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,40681.93/cwt79.00–84.001,1527
Bulls——1,62099.33/cwt97.50–101.501,6094
Bulls——1,83691.75/cwt88.50–95.501,6858
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03047.67/cwt44.00–50.5049111
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04556.00/cwt52.50–59.5058519
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10363.75/cwt60.00–67.5070310
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24262.46/cwt58.00–65.5077621
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26057.12/cwt56.50–57.507205
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29968.08/cwt66.00–70.008848
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47662.30/cwt58.50–65.509209
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56468.59/cwt66.00–72.001,07311

This sale against other markets

Missouri weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Missouri auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.